This was the performance of the national team players against Italy:
Unai Simon: Good game from the Athletic goalkeeper. He avoided three goals from the Italians with worthwhile interventions. He could do nothing in the Italian goal and endured his final attacks with authority.
Azpilicueta: Went from less to more. He carried out the game with a note with his trade, his honor and his defensive quality.
Laporte: Approved. They looked for his back, but the Italians were unsuccessful.
Pau Torres: He suffered in the Italian counterattacks, but he correctly solved several dangerous actions. Good at the start of the game.
Marcos Alonso: It seemed like he's been playing with the absolute all his life. Confident in defense and with self-confidence and poise in attack, the Madrilenian showed that he is a great winger. He even had one scoring chance that he couldn't convert.
Busquets: Good game from the captain. He handled the tempo of the game well and knew how to suffer in defensive transitions.
Koke: It is a diesel that always performs to an extraordinary rival. He feels important in the National Team and restores the coach's confidence with a high-level football. He was replaced in the 74th minute by Mikel Merino.
Gavi: Extraordinary debut of the Barça youth squad. The Andalusian midfielder looked like a veteran rather than the youngest footballer in history to debut for Spain. Well in defensive phase and well in offensive phase. He associated well and reached the area in danger. He was replaced in the 82nd minute by Sergio Roberto.
Pablo Sarabia: He surprised his position as a midfielder behind the forwards. He played his role to perfection, falling to the band when he had to and always creating danger because he occupies the spaces where the goal is reached wonderfully. He left his place to Bryan Gil in the 74th minute.
Ferran Torres: The great star of this Selection. He formed a pair of forwards with Oyarzabal and fell to the band when he had to and looked for the shot in the middle when it was necessary. The Valencian forward has a goal and he showed it when Spain needed it. The first got him with the tibia and the second with a tremendous headbutt. Too bad he had to go injured because he was aiming for the hat trick.
Oyarzabal: It does everything right. Overflows, combines, unchecks, falls to the band. But he missed a goal. He had chances to score and had no fortune. Playing like this, the Guipuzcoan will score goals with Spain.
Substitutions
Yeremi Pino: He entered in the 48th minute for Ferran. The Villarreal forward justified his call and took decisive actions, such as a perfect center to Oyarzabal. He moved with great skill and created many problems for the Italian defense.
Mikel Merino: He came in for Pablo Sarabia in the 74th minute. He tempered the midfield and knew how to defend with the ball.
Bryan Gil: He came out for Sarabia in the 74th minute. He gave oxygen in attack and sought the third goal with his dribbling style.
Sergi Roberto: He replaced Gavi in the 72nd minute. He put in his craft to hold the result when Italy closed the gap.
Selector
Luis Enrique: Outstanding. He beat Mancini on the board. His tactical variation of putting Sarabia as a midfielder behind the two wingers (Oyarzabal and Ferran), who did not play wingers, was a success. Good match preparation and good reading. He managed well the numerical superiority due to the expulsion of Bonucci.